CLASSICAL CONCERTS

The Fenway Cultural District is rich with classical music offerings.

Check out our calender for current music listings. Below are some of the classical music venues in this area.

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Symphony Hall (seen in photo, above left), which opened in 1900, was the first concert hall designed with acoustical principles in mind and is regarded as one of the two or three finest halls in the world. For more info call: 617-266-1492 or visit www.bso.org

New England Conservatory of Music's Jordan Hall
Avenue of the Arts
290 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
NEC presents more than 600 free concerts each year in its fabled Jordan Hall (in photo at left), which celebrated its 100th birthday in 2003, as well as in smaller, more intimate venues on campus. From classical to jazz to world musics, NEC presents a wide range of student, faculty and guest artist programs, year-round. For more info call Jordan Hall box office: 617-585-1260 or visit www.newenglandconservatory.edu

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Music has played an important role at the Gardner Museum since its opening nearly a century ago. Isabella Stewart Gardner frequently hosted concerts at the Museum and made the Gardner a meeting place for musicians from Boston and around the world. Today, the Museum’s musical tradition continues with classical and jazz concerts in the Tapestry Room on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the spring and fall. To request a concert brochure, please call the Music Department at (617) 278-5150 or visit www.gardnermuseum.org

Vox Consort
A professional vocal/instrumental early music ensemble: Boston's "daring, dazzling vision of early music" (Thomas Garvey, Bay Windows) - definitely worth checking out!
www.voxconsort.org